Movie: Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

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Otto Kurth
Otto Kurth

Generaloberst v. Moltke

Friedrich Gröndahl
Friedrich Gröndahl

Oberstleutnant Tappen

Alexander Hegarth
Alexander Hegarth

Oberstleutnant Hentsch

Hans Daniel
Hans Daniel

Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Hans Paetsch
Hans Paetsch

Reichskanzler v. Bethmann-Hollweg

Hans Häckermann
Hans Häckermann

Generaloberst v. Kluck

Dieter Wagner
Dieter Wagner

Generalmajor v. Kuhl

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Generaloberst v. Bülow

Heinz Weiss
Heinz Weiss

Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein

Herbert Steinmetz
Herbert Steinmetz

Generaloberst v. Hausen

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    The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.

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    1977-04-28

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